All My Best (Ricky Nelson album) explained

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All My Best
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ricky Nelson
Genre:	Rock and Roll Rockabilly Country Rock
Length:	38:14
Label:	Silver Eagle
Prev Title:	Playing to Win
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	The Memphis Sessions
Next Year:	1986

All My Best is a 1985 Ricky Nelson album. Although the record is a collection of greatest hits, it is not a compilation but a new studio recording. Nelson conceived the album for his own Silver Eagle label and promoted the record himself on late-night television.

Nelson recruited the Jordanaires to provide backing vocals, as well as familiar session musicians.^[1] Since Nelson's session musicians had not performed the songs for many years, some differences from the original recordings are audible on the album.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Richard Carlin, Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary 2014 - All My Best, MCA 6163. "Originally released in 1985 by Rick on his own Silver Eagle label and hawked on late-night television, this is a nice collection of remakes featuring The Jordanaires on backup vocals."
2. Sheree Homer - Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer 2012 - Page 129 "The first version of 'Do You Know What I Mean,' which had been issued on Silver Eagle's All My Best, contained a mistake. Haskell explained, "I listened to the record, and I said, 'The drummer Ricky Intveld's got an extra half a beat in there, ...'""
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 214.